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cord each Action wherein Pride's defence,”
Gigantic Folly ſtab'd expiring Senſe ; *
Back to her poiſ nous ſource would F latt'ry ruſh,
And Virtue read the column wich a bluſh !
Once,-—but thouk beay'n. that idle dream i is ber, 1
1 fought protection at the throne of Pow r
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þ I Iwilkd, ah fondly wiſh'd ! ſome friendly heart
27 | Whoſe generous help might buoy my little bark, -
And blunt the dagger lifted i in the dark. . Fa |
mw Give me (I cried), whoſe patronizing: hand, | | 23
« May guide my footſteps o'er life's rugged land; 5
May lead me forth where the coy Muſes dwell,
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|. I deeds which Virtue dares. not look upon z; 878
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„ Whoſe Reaſon temp ring Youth's too ftubborn fire,
" May bid the fogs of Ignorance retire, 1252 n
' + May ſmooth the toilſome path which leads wo Fame, |
1 "ory my Judgment, and exalt my name. 5
1 pray d, but Fortane deaf unto my prayer
Lavgh'd at my ſuit and ſcatter d it in at;
Whilſt Malice (and may Hell inventive had.
Thrice ten-fold Vengeance on her miſcreant bead l)
Whilſt Malice (who veer knew one moment's fleep, R
| Whoſe eye ſoft Pity never taught to weep) )
Gave me (and ſay could Fate to do her worſt 8
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The jeſt of Senſe, and Buncun was his name.
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EF 5 Saw mighty Handel tremble in his grave; | |
. When Wiſdom all ebncern'd. reclin d her head ; Walt 76:
When Taſle aſtoniſh'd amel vich terror fed; .
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When men in place and power, 2 79
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When men like-tbeſe demand\thy chaſtimirize bord 18111 101
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Vain with grimace, and with diſtortion proud, |
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Wl Baum without a peer ſhall ever ſtand, 5 .
A proof of Dulneſs triumph Oer the land;
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What tho” ſage Judgment ſeoraing thy command,
Fled with her ſiſter Science in her hand; |
What tho" mild Reaſon frighr ned at thy face,
Forgot the cauſe of man and left the place; 5
Still Buscun ſtill, enough remain a behind, r
To ſatiate with praiſe thy craving mind
Folly and Ignorance thy cauſe confeſt, —_—
And Dulneſs ſpread her fogs around thy creſt, ; 5 | .
Stupidity uſurp'd fair Wiſdom's ſeat —_—.
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With each ſoft grace of modulation crown'd ; . |
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Sceptics grew mute and rais'd their minds to heaven 5
Ambition at thy call his ſchemes gave 0 er, | th 15 2
And ſaw ſage J udgment marr the baſeleſs tow 'r; "3; |
Deſpair retreated from the yawning grave, |
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Chear'd by thy melody forgot to Bgh,
And kiſs'd away the tear from Piry* 8 eye. |
Madneſs, outrageous Madrieſs felt the balm, 5
Stood all appeas'd and ſunk into a calnz
Whilſt hot Revenge at thy divine command; 76075
Dropt the ſharp dagger from her impious hand,
Youth all alert obcy'd thy heav' aly ouch, | |
And Age grown young laid by his uſeleſs erurch; — — hk
Such, ſach ſweet maid the wonders of thy fill,
| Nature the handmaid of thy ſov reign will; Tot
Such the effects unequal'd of thy art, 18 5
And ſuch thy influence o'er the human heart.
Muſic by Heav'n itſelf kirſt taught to flow,
To ſoften man, and ſooth the voice of woe;
To lift the ſoul from earth's eontracted ſear,
To where alone pure harmony's complete,
Muſic (whoſe pow” r full rightly to define,
Requires a pen far far more ſtrong than mine 9
Muſic (by which when in th' infernal Wade,
The adventrous Orpheus conqu'rin g as he play 4
Bade melody thro? Hell's dark caverns roll, 0
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Muſic, alas! how are thy honours 4
Raviſh'd, polluted, deſtitute and dead
Void of thoſe beauties which by Judgment giv'n,
Wing the wrapt mind in extacy to heav'n;
How all expiring is thy cadenee flown,
Which charm'd us erſt by methods all thy own;
How are thy once enchanting notes grown wild,
Thy inſtraments unſtrung, their keys defil'd;
By ſtrange caprice doom'd trembling to reſiſt,
2 he clumſy preſſure of a Buzcun's fiſt !
Gods! how my foul is filled with juſt diſdain
To view thoſe reptiles, whom the tuneful train
scorn een to think on; yet whoſe monſtrous pride,
Would o'er the realms of mighty Taſte preſide z
Who prop'd on ſtilcs ſeem (whilſt judge Reaſon fares
To find their folly ſo reward her cares)
With pigmy arms outſtretch'd at random hurl'd,
Coloſſus like t embrace this narrow world
And cent'ring in themſelves the whole of worth,
Spurn i injur'd Merit trembling to the earth.
But know ye dunces know, when Time ſhall ſpread,
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When in the grave this buſy 13 ſhall lie,
When Malice cannot rave, nor Worth reply; ; .
When Truth in conſcious majeſty ſhall ſpeak,
And call the guilty bluſh in Envy's cheek;
When Rank, Diſtinction ſhall no more preſide,
Nor Science take a blockhead for her guide: 8
Then ſhall ye find (whilſt by Reflection preſs'd,
- Remorſe provokes the hell within each breaſt ;)
Then ſhall ye find eſcap'd the dart of Shame,
The deeds of Merit ſwell the blaſt of Fame: :
Engrav'd in chatacters without a blot,
Whilſt things like Buzcuu ſtink or are forgot.
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No by my ſoul I would not be ſo curſt,
Tho' Fate had e'en ordain'd me to be firſt;
Poor as I am, bleſs'd i in my homely muſh.
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Contra ker ting, hee threathing diſregard,
Nor once degrade the dignity of BARD!
Adi ignity which proudly ſoars from earth,
The conſcious handmaid of ſuperior Wort.
Ye jerter'd Blockhead: who with quackiſh geil,
' Diſpute not how to cure but how to kill;
Who, to do Senſe and Candour both deſpite,
She where I'm wrong, and where I am---xot right.
5 15 wt mark each blemiſh, yet with partial face,
| = Remain unmindful of each genuine grace,
For grace I have, howe'er ſuch pedants frown,
And ſpire of hell thoſe graces are my owh 1.—
ve mighty C hem Ye important Things!
Ye blanks of N ature borne on Folly's wings!
Learn, that whats” er your judgment may ordain,
I know my ſtrength and will affert my reign;
Boldly afferr it till on Life's laſt ſtage, *
And live the ſcourge of an abandon'd age
So may that Gop whoſe minifter 1 ſtand,
Protect his ſervant with a mighty hand;
Lead him where thouſands impotently rail,
Secure, unmoy'd whilſt Malice tells her tale.
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By him that made me I would rather ſee,
Thus all uncooth my nathbers diſagree ;
Thus void of Method, nervous tho da
And by ſome little Genius only warm'd:
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The ſenſeleſs ſameneſs of che ſoft /ce-/aw,
PaTRrons of yore (unlike the preſent race,
Train'd to deceit and damn'd to mean diſgrace)
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=: To pay a ſtrict attention to their word:
| | | 4 ; Slaves to their word, they never dar'd recede, |
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[ j | — ! to each Mæcenas now unknown,
ö y Who deems all fame injurious to his own,
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| Heay'n in his voice, and Pity in his eye;
| Snatch him all eager from the curſe of Shame 5
Record his worth, and hand him up to Fame.
A Pzrron !---Ha! ha! ha!---But Bun tell; 5
If Truth-awhile in ſuch a breaſt may dwell,
Say, (it thou can'ſt) did eber ray foſtring hand
Lead modeſt Genius o'er this barbrous 1
Encourage him in his purſuir for fame,
And freely labour to exalt his name ;
Didſt thou (as other's have) with honeſt pride, 5
Seize Reaſon's ſword and combat on his ſide?
Did'ſt thou, when thouſands impotently ſtrove, |
To blaſt that worth which F olly dar'd not love; 1
Then did ſt thou, greatly, generouſly free,
Declare chat foes to Worth were foes to THEE 7 #
Be Truth the umpire, Truth whoſe Piercing eye;
No Cunning can evade, no Art can fly;
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To feed thy Spleen and gratify:chy Pride,
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Laughter, Invention, Argument, and Jeſt,
Were heard. no more Repos d lay old and young,
Clogd; every eye, and ſilent every tongue.----
Sleep in her ſilken bands had all things tied,
All but the, few whom diſappointed Pride
. Urg'd on to madneſs : uch with troubled mind,
Nor Eaſe could know, nor balmy Sleep could find, t
Perplex'd with thought profound, here Parr lay,
Told the dull hours, and languiſh'd for the day;
Reſtleſs and pale, all comfort ſhe defied,
. Whilſt wild Deſpair ſat weeping by her ſide.
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Swift from her downy couch the goddeſs fi-w,
And round her weary limbs her veſtments threw :
F mal Clifton's rocky . ſhe paſs'd,
To Brandon's lofty hill, and ſtood aghaſſ
Leſt other Cromwel!'s ſhould hetcafier riſe, £
To pluck Ambition headlong from the ſkies.
Next oer th extended Green her courſe ſhe ſteer'd
To where CLare-STREET, in capitals appear'd
Where both our-ſhame and folly are diſplay'd,
The ſubſtance lighted ; why retain the ſoaae ?
Ar length that ſpot her roving eye commands, |
Where Becket's clumſy God on lip toe lands, |
Where Commerce from her temple knits her brow,
And ſmiles contemptuous on her ſons below, 1 |
Here Pazty gaz'd, irreſoturely van,
Paſſion like wild-fire raging in ber brain; |
With quick ſhort ſtep ſhe pac'd i it to and fro, ;
Now madly faſt, now tremulouſly dow,
By turns and ſtarts irregularly wild; JE | 1
In an a woman, but in ſenſe a child. |
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Which Memory to Diſappointment brings;
Collected in herſelf the goddeſs ſtood,
Her voice like thunder cleav'd hea flood;
Earth ſhook.amaz'd, and Avon's muddy tige,
. Thro' her contracted channel ceas'd to glide.
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If not your mother, O regard your friend
Shake oft that gloom, that melancholy air,
Nor let the foe thus witneſs your deſpair.
| * What the" the feld be af: All is not l:?
= < Tho! on the ſea of Patriotiſm toſt, 5
« We yet may triumph, even in deſpite
| © Of Freedom, Juſtice, Truth and Legal Right.
28 O then attend your preſence I implore ; *
| 4 Ariſe! Ariſe !---or ſleep for evermore !”
As when ſome boy, his appetite awake, |
Would fromthe cell, the luſcious honey take;
ne ſwarm enrag d, make bare their ſtings to drive,
The truant Cacus trembling from their hive;
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Buz out revenge, and darken all the air. 8 |
5 i 80 from each part the grief · truck brethren throng,
Mourn their hard fates and madly drive along.
Low hireling bullies led by H-yth---e came,
And Femmy Habs (good lack I) brought up the lame:
The weaker minds whoſe manſion Reaſon fled
Deck'd. with a cap and bells, lo VIH led!
Whilſt ſlaves in theory and ſlaves to Pride,
Choſe the degenerate Vu for their guide.
Pleas'd at her vaſt ſucceſs the goddeſs ſmil'd, _
And drunk with Joys her little wits grew wild Z
Extravagantly mad ſhe way'd her creſt, | |
»—Cried thrice— O yes!” and chus the mob addreſr d.
F perſeverance in a rotten cauſe, ;
« Claim any merit or deſerve applauſe,
„ That praiſe my ſons be yours; to you —
The double gifts of minſtrilſey and ſong;
To you whoſe conduct fomewhat rare 1
< Perverlely. great, and obſtinately wiſe. „
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« O had but Fate indulgent to our pray'r
«© Crown'd our endeavours with her wonted care,
«© Had ſhe again eſpous'd our ancient claim, |
« And taught the Yhigs to tremble at our name 2
How had we triumph'd I- as the thought prevails
My ſenſes ſtagger, and my reaſon fails.
ce "Boe tho', my ſons, not Fortune deign'd to crown |
The glorious cauſe which we connected own;
Thoꝰ deaf unto our ſuir ſhe ſhut her en,
« Alike regardleſs af our and and tears, |
«© Yet let us not deſpair—there ſtill remains, —
6 A dawn of hope to compenſate our pains; 1 5
* A dawn of hope our drooping ſouls to bleſs, -
+ The previous prelude to afſur'd ſucceſs.
* Mean while, rejecting every idle fear,
& [ hold it fit we inſlantly repair
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. gloomy monarch will our cauſe PEPE
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« Him will we ſeek 3 Mons will be your guide,
* Sure on a, mother's care you will confide ! !
« A tender mother whoſe indulgent love,
« Nor Time can change, nor adverſe Fate can move.”
As when Ulyſſes by the Greeks inclog'd,
Troy's fam'd palladium to their ſight expog'd,
Applauding ſhouts thro? all the army ran,
And every warrior ſcem'd as more than man,
So leagu'd together in the common cauſe, 5 1
Th- aſſembled mob loud bellow their applauſe; 1 5
Doubtſul no more, each eye in pleaſure rolls,
And inſtant Frenzy ſmites their raviſh'd ſouls.
Now Noiſe and Nonſenſe reaſſum'd their reign, MN
Loud as the billows of th' Ægean main;
Intoxicating Madneſs ſeiz'd each ſenſe,
Rul'd the w! hole mind and drove RefleAion thence ; ;
Whilſt wild Inſanity the heart poſſeſt, |
Reign'd 3 in each eye, and triumph d i in each breaſt
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And jealous Order ſounded a retreat
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And ſwectly bluſhing veil'd her radiant head:
Whilſt gentle Folly drunk with ſo much fun,
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Full in the center of this earthly globe,
Where endleſs Night puts on her darkeſt tobe,
Great PLuTo's throne is fix 4 On either ſide
In liquid fire Hell rolls her burning tide.
Here flaming cataracts impetuous roar, . ..
And waves of ſulphur laſh th' infernal ſhore ;
| Here tempeſts howl, and pois'nous vapours ſpread,
And ſubtile lightnings blaſt * guilty head.
Amidft ſulphureous ſmoke here Pivto fieod,
| Fed the hot fires, and rous'd che buraing flood.
His royal front a golden filler beund,
| His glowing eyes tyrannic ficrceneſs crown n',
A fiery zone encircled round his waſte,
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New point the lightning, or aſſiſt the ſtorm,
On peſtilential exhalations ride,
Or on the rapid whirlwind fit aſtride.
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Elſe *midft the ſurf of the tortarion wave,
Plunge from the beach and ſeek a fiery grave.
Borne on unwüsbeſcane fogs, which ne'er diſpenſe
The ſmalleſt fragrance to regale the ſenſe; -
Whoſe ſuffocating pow'r awakes Deſpair, x
| Combats with life, and taints the ambient air.
Loud thro? the thick aud murky gloom of Hell,
Madneſs and Rage in ſavage diſcord yell;
Here Grief and Sickneſs how! by pain oppreſt,
. And Deſperation beats her frantic breaſt,
Dropping with blood and cored over with wounds,
Here hot Revenge her murd'rous trumpet ſounds 3
Ambition here, her right-arm ſteep'd in gore,
Giddy with ſtate, falls headlong from her tow'r.
Here Av'rice gnaws his fleſh, with care grown old, |
Starts at a ſtraw and trembles o'er his gold.
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Here Hate, Remorſe; here Luft and Rapine ſit;
And Treaſon for herſelf prepares a pit.
Whilſt Death, grim tyrant of the human heart,
Whets his ſharpe ſcythe and ſhakes his pointed dart.
Such was the place, yet Prudence ſtrove in vain
Their rage to conquer, and their warmth reſtrain ;
Deſpair (who, whilſt the tim'rous mind ſhe rules,
Courage to cowards gives and wit to fools.) ;
Baniſh'd all fear, and ſteel'd each wav'ring mind,
| Whilſt Reaſon trembling loiter'd far behind.
Midſt an extended plain, where not the eye,
To right or left its limits could deſcry 8
Where no eool grot on either fide appear'd,
| Nor ſtately oak its ſpreading branches rear'd, |
No gentle ſtream ran murmuring thro? the brake,
Whoſe limpid ſtores the parching 1 thirſt might lake: |
Where no blithe linger warbled from the ſpray, or
Cheriſh'd the heart, and harmoniz'd the day. -
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And 1 In old Br — 4 ——e's wither'd form appear d.
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Burden'd with age the cunning goc deſs bow'd,
And claim'd the notice of the wond'ring croud; |
On her their eyes attentively were turn'd,
They ſaw the man whom mighty Meanneſs mourn'd,
The wretchwhom Senſe, whom Manhood view d with mirth,
As poor and vile as when he crawl'd on earth.
. Now all extended ofer the duſky plain,
The baden diſplaid its lengthen'd train:
The old, the young, the rich arid poor advanc'd,
And in each eye a gloomy pleaſure danc'd ;
Fair to the front, | immoveable as fate, |
Hell's manſion ſtood, and here her brazen gate
Star'd proudly open; whilſt that phantom CARE
Pour d forth her ſtench, and poiſon d all the air,
Before the gate, in horrible parade,
Grim Cerberus his triple head diſplay'd ;
Wulf as his guard the ruthles monſter kept,
Virtue expir'd, and Refoletiva wept. | E
Here ſable Night her dull dominion held, |
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And Supra trembling croſs'd her breaſt.
Plac'd in due form by Ox bEx's ſteady hand,
Prone to the path which ſtrict Decorum plan'd,
{Which ſtrict Decorum plan'd, when thro' the blood, -
The novel ſcene had quelF'd hot paſſion's flood:) _ © *
The croud mov'd on, with conſcious hope bedight,
Whilſt gloomy Dis ſmil'd thro? the veil of night;
Parry, their way with deadly hemlock one
And Vice, on eagle's wings, their ſtrength review'd ;
Whilſt Cerberus retreated from the door,
And dumb with pleaſure, ſtay'd his dreadful roar.
Enwrapt in Hell's impenetrable ſhade,
Hypocriſy the ſable vanguard led 1
; Her, twelve divines, proud, ſplenetic and baſe,
Doom'd to diſhonour what they meant to grace;
In flow proceſſion follow'd Nor could Pride,
Tho! earth and hell ſhe ſearch'd on every ſide,
From her unnumber'd hoſts their equals cull,
So very vain, and yet ſo very dull!
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| Whoſe conſcious cheek ne'er felt the bluſh of Shame; ;
Vain without merit, without learning loud,
Proud of his meanneſs, and yet meanly proud:
Hell's maſſy gates flew wide to let him in,
And her Gzzar Lonp aſſu d a gracious grin.
Next C---/b---d came, to faith and honour blind,
Black was his gown, but blacker ſtill his mind.
Firm in his foul at large and unreſtrain'd,
Ingratitude her darling ſway maintain'd :
Ingratitude than whom, not Vice could ſhew 5
A fiend ſo monſtrous i in the realms of woe; ;
Prvro aſtoniſh'd heard the caitiff's name,
And Hell (than him more virtuous) bluſh'd with ſhame.
_ Cloſe in ſucceſſion C.- d join'd the band,
A rod of iron grac'd the tyrant's hand :
Beneath his foot an olive-branch was plac'd,
Type of that doctrine which his life diſgrac'd. ;
A ſhameleſs life, where Perſecution fought,
Againſt that meekneſs which his Saviour taught.
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Hell felt his foot and een at his weight;
To ſee ſuperior vice each imp grew pale,
Roll'd his fierce eyes, and ſullenly cried, “ hai] !”
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Hell ſhrunk amaz'd and wrapt herſelf in night!
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A ſomething, nothing, not to be defin'd ;
With vacant face, came next; and vacant head,
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Empty as air, yet ponderous as lead:
Twould puzzle worlds its ſex to af ſcertain; ;
' So very harmleſs, yet ſo very yain
That ſober Judgment ſwore, a hip firſt birth,
Ingenious Nature in exceſs of mirth,
Moulding all matter to her ſov'reign will, | 7
Had form'd the thing to manifeſt her ſkill,
Soon as it journ'ying reach'd th* infernal ſhade,
Cebenna's troops the phantom wretch ſurvey 'd,
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Earth laugh'd aloud, Hell eccho d back the din, |
Op'd her wide jaws, and let the nothing in.
Next B---rj---w0, D-v-y, S-y-r and D. St,
With New the meagre came, and B---r-y fat:
3 And agg ring on, as void of Shame as fear,
The ſober Reynell clos'd the prieſtly rear.
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CANTO SECOND.
For a portion of that heav'nly fire,
Which wrapt the ſoul, when Churchill ſwept the lyre !
What time his numbers bar'd each culprit head,
And to their holes the ſneaking ſcoundrels fled,
O for a muſe like his, pale Vice to trace,
And damn each little Villain to diſgrace!
Be Taurg my guide, whilſt I my theme purſue,
By ber acquitted ; Gop acquits me too.
Faſt to the fable line, ſworn foe to Senſe,
Unmatch'd in folly as in impudence, l
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His hackney'd w—e the other arm embrac'd :
' Love's dying fires rekindling in his eyes,
By turns he dances, fidgets, ſtarts and ſighs. —
Peace thou old goat! nor impotently ſtrive
To keep thy monſt'rous lechery alive.
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At once his father's glory and his ſhame
A Cub, whom from the moment of his birth, ;
Wiſdom with ſcorn beheld, and Taſte with mirth.
Proud of thoſe poor, poor talents Nature gave,
E're Education ſtamp'd her as a ſlave. |
He chatters on, and proves himſelf at once,
A pedant coxcomb, and a learned dunce.
Tranſported, Vice her fav'rite ſon ſurvey'd, .
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| Cloſe to this laſt, weigh'd down with innate dread,
Which Conſcience pours upon the quitty head,
A caitiff came, than whom not Hell could trace, 1
One ſo abandon'd, or ſo loſt to grace. =
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And on his brow almighty Vice prevail d;
With her cloſe leagu'd all honour he defied, pete!
And at God's holy altar dar'd deride ! _
Was there a ſnare for Beauty to be laid?
A fond, an eaſy friend to be betray'd fou how? wid
An Orphan, one whoſe inauſpicious face?!
Expos'd him to the world's remotſeleſs hate ?
A helpleſs widow bending down with years,
Her ſcanty pittance moiſt'ned with her tears
Were theſe to ſuffer ? Lo-in ſavage haſte,
Arm'd with the eruel rancour of a prief, -
With blood-ſhot eyes, pale cheek and talons bare,
Behold him for the ſavage feaſt prepare!
Nor could his malice taſte a moment's reſt
Till Virtue ſunk by pow'rful Vice oppreſt, |
With wonder ſeiz d, great Pruro ſtood agbaſt,
| To ſee himſelf in wickedneſs, ſurpaſs'd 1
| Amaz'd he ald, if ougbt his name cauld tell.
And i FT. Al. echo d loud theo' Hell. |
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Begot by Beggary and nurs'd by Pride;
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And Arrogance ſupplies the lack of brains,
LO V- bn appear'd, in Cunning's garb array d.
One nimble hand two loaded dice diſplay d;
An empty purſe his other hand pervades,
And from his s pocket peep'd the nave " _
is in his hn where hoſtile Paſſion ng,
Folly and Vice unnatural combat wag dd,
But now, thrice happy he !-—joint partners grown, 5
Each occupies alike the ſable thronem 200!
Nor can ſage Judgment tell which penn
Or Vice or Folly ofe ner lifts the ſcules..
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Next deckt in all the Sh of wig,
| Came the almighty ſelf-important R-gye,
R-gge whom dame Nature gravely bade diſpenſe,
Wonder to fools, and mirth to Common Senſe ;
| For who like R gge life's varied ſcenes can fill 2
(The pon counterpart of Proteus Hill)
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Who can like Re the prince of verſe and proſe, = \ "i ö
Compoſe, compile, tranſlate, and then tranſpoſe? „ ,
| Who can like him at once unrival'd ſhine
' Phyſician, Stateſman, Critic and Divine! ?
The ſhuttlecock of whim, of wit the gall,
And every thing, yet excellent in op.
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” Spibe of choſe gifts which Education brings,
Where pregnant Science ſhakes her roſy wings.
Spite of thoſe gifts by bounteous Heay'n deſign d,
To purge the manners, and enlarge the mind :
See R-gge on Envy's baſis trembling ſtand,
Rage in his eyes and ſcorpions in his hand,
Pouring his bile round Genius ſacred throne,
And deaf to others worth, reſound his own.
Is there that man on earth condemn'd to dwell,
Whole daring ſoul would lead him to excel?
Ts there whom fertile Genius deigns to crown,
And folt'ring Millions beckon to renown ?
Swift from his thorny bed, lo R. ge ſhall ſtart,
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Shall e on his efforts caſt a deadly bam,
And pluck him down from 'F ame's aſpiring dome: "ay
Then ſhall he find, as s from the ſhaft of Death,
So none is free from Envy $ pois nous s breath. .
Een ME the humbleſt whom the muſe e
Whom never Fortune bleſs'd nor Science rd;
Een ms alas ! ſhould F ate and Candour give, ; 5 5
Fond pleaſing thought! _ bid my numbers ive 1 |
Live when, by riper Times cransforming pow , EE |
Envy and Rage, and R-gge ſhall be no more. 5
Fen ME his hate relentleſs would purſue, 75 E 8 5
And made my laurel with the baneful Dow : We 7
Bidding the chaplet which ſhould deck my buſt, e
Inglorious rot 59 mingle with the duſt!
Go rouſe oe angry whirlwind from its bed,
And to the dittant lightning bare thy head:
Snatch from the jealous hand of Power its a
I. ibel thy foy'reign and blaſpheme thy God. -
Yer may'ſt thou chance thy ſovereigh's wrath to trap
Thy God will pardon, Pow'rs quick eye will leep.. |
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But not from Envy- her unbotnded rage
No pray'r can ſoothe; no time can &er affuage, |
F ollowing, the ſpire of Hell upon his/face, ,
Came the Lycaon of an impious race, |
Tremendvifd Wh, ke whoſe recreant name,
Inglorious ſtinks in the black liſt of Shame— |
Ere youth's ſoft down had cloath'd his beardleſs cheek, 1 g
Ere yet he could with proper cadence ſpeak 1
Or ere his limbs to Manhood's mould were grown, *
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So fix'd and bound him in her pleaſing chain,
(For Vice alas! but ſeldom pteads in vain)
That from her empire durſt he never ſtray,
From the firſt moment, to the preſent Cay.
Wick all that Pride which ſpringing from the earth,
| T 00 oft uſurps the place of real worth,
« With all that Cunning which in fools ſupplies
= By low Conceit the want of being wiſe,” ---
With that Diſfimvlation which, er born,
With generous hate the brave and open ſcora;
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Debaſes manhood, and corrupts the heart, |
1 unrival'd ſtands and ſhall receive,
Untival'd praiſe cho Keene and * yet live.
Sprung hom. a tock whoſe b juſtly 4
Far nearer kin to Folly than to Fame; 1 K 4
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The blot of manhood and the ſcourge of ſenſe ! 1—
Where Reaſon's arguments are miſapplied;
Where Judgment's voice perverted yields to pride; .
Where pliant Conſcience wiſely ſtands aloof, |
And dogmatiſm takes the lead of Pacor :
H- unmatch'd may plead, nor in the ale
Shall e“ en a DunninG' 8 excellence prevail.
In that blefs d court where Senfe and Euron Gr,
W here noiſe 1 is argument and laughter wit;
where Dulneſs—- gentle Goddeſs sprung Fro kings,
On fleepy jurors-ſhakes her opiate „
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Whilſt his /age worſhip licks his liqu' riſn lips;
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Contempt provok*d flew hiſſing round thy head
5 Heard thee in one unvaried ſtretch of throat,
(Nor could een Diſcerd ſcream ſo vile a note)
Heard thee proceed whit leughter ſhook e
To bnd chy MOUNTAIN, but produce a moe?
Yet muſt mankind, (a proof deriv*d from berge, e no Bu
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Baptize the thing—a Counst.0n forſooth?
With age grown white, wick iniquity black,
Sin like A mountain dragging at his back;
| His! body” 8 firengeh ſcarce able to ſuſtain 8
Its load of life, and rhro each trembling veing | | gr :
The blood ſcarce ebbing, next lo H. 5 --2, came, To
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For all thoſe fallies pregnant Vice can God,
Which weaken manhood and debaſe the mad;
For all choſs errors. Folly, ers b * T on, EO. S0 | 4 5
When godlike Reaſon quits her mental thron e:
For all thoſe vices which rhepughous che whales. :
Mark a confirm'd.depravity of „ acts ner nn
Not Earth, nor Hell, old Ea Af bern aan imo 4 AQ
So very ſenſeleſs, and ſo very Wen A rene 55
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Deny his creed, and reprobate his God ;. 5 dls e
To rouſe Decorum from Waere beg 15 8 e ee,
And on his knees to drink the toaſt galpene 8
To ſpurn at Reaſon as a vain pretence; | chang wot;
To cenſure Truth and make 3 b aka for: 2
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Extends his hand and ſpreads around his miles ;
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Admir'd his pregnant arts, and ſtood amaz'd! 1
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Whilſt Hell rejoicing rang from ſhore to ſhore,
Such loud rejoicings !---C---mp---1 ſcarce had more.
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With carnal Cunning's puritanic look,
Groaning all diſmal ſad came He Ck :
C., 'boye his fellows fan!'d for Prength of fr,
Abſurdly wiſe, and venerably andy
The wond'rous ſummary of all that's odd,
A ſot, a ſaint, a devil, and a 8
True to no center, to no mode confin'd,
Rude as a bear and fickle as che wind;
Now, over-run with methodiſhic qualms, 5
And piouſly diſſecting David's pſalms,
Bidding the ſprings of Common-ſenſe ſtand ſill,
Where Folly prompts the mad harangues of HiLL.
And now, with pray'r and perſeverance fain t,
Devotion baniſh'd---and laid by the Saixr, |
He drowns in Wine the ſmart of Conſcience" rod,
The __ his TABERNACLE z----Ieeks his Geo. |
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Replete with every vice that poiſons man, e
Bid her each various charaQer unfold, |
Or damn'd by luxury, or thirſt of gold; ee TW.
Bid her with Candour's pen aright explain on
Each fin accurſt, from courtly Clive's to Cain, |
Still ſhalt thou find (whilſt Reaſon tanding by | e
Confirms the ſentence with a pitying eye) ps
Still ſhalt thou find, to puniſh guilty _ * 6 12
Where Pz1pz damns ond, Hrrockisr 1 155 0 —
F am'd for that ' BY which by Int reſt che, 55
Would ſell the world's ſalvation for a groat; 5 5
(That Prudence, which to Cunning ſtands allied,
Virtue's contempt and Folly's darling pride :
That Cunning, which without the ſhew of art,
Stings as it works, and feſters in the beat) 5
Next came old Michael, damn d above his race :
With an unfeeling heart and bluſbleſs face:
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Smiles as he wounds, and tickles as he ſtings?
Is there a man ſo Weid ?---Till Time's laſt date
Known be his name, and envy'd be his fate!
: Next H. wl L came: but oy ee with a look,
Which Earth and Chaos to their center 8
Bade him be; gone For Hell no room could find
For ſuch, whom not the gow of oaths could bind;
For ſuch * hotteſt fires by Rancour blows,
Were banks of amaranth and beds of down.—
H-wk--s obey'd reluctantly and flow, -
And faw unmov'd th- infernal embers glow
With ten-fold fury, by their lord impell'd,
And envy'd every devil he beheld;
Since by the weight of 1 tyrant conſcience preſt,
Ten thouſand hells ſeem'd lab'ring in his breaſt.
So when Deſpair alle the guilty mind,
Miſleads the ſenſe, and renders Reaſon blind;
When Peace affrighted leaves her myrtle ne
And wild Inſanity prevails alone: The
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Q PIRIT of Hawepen !—From thy heav'aly ſear,
(Where patriot. Virtue finds a ſafe retreat ;
Where Truth encircled with undying joys,
Laughs at the little arts which Vice employs,)
Fraught with that fire, bequeath'd thee from the ſkies,
Which flaſh'd like living light'ning from thy eyes,
When Heaw'n's own eloquence inſpir'd thy tongue,
And bade thee ſhew---a monarch might be wrong !
Look down, great model of ſucceeding times,
Aſſiſt my labours, and direct my rhimes : -
Teach me like TEE, reſoJv'd, to perſevere,
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Would fink a mother's honour deep in ſhame ; "I
Thou black ingrate, by thanklefs Envy led,
To wrong the gen'rous friend who gave thee bread :
Thoui impious Fool, who durſt in day” 8 broad „
Blaſpheme thy God; and fondly laugh at Fear,
Vet when dull Night her ſable ſhield hath ſpread,
Start'ſt at the wind, and trembling hid'ſt thy head:
Thou vain ambitious wight, who taught by Pride,
Would'ft pace earth's limits with gigantic ſtride ;
Would'|t i in baſe chains thy fellow creatures hold,
And fell the freedom of mankind for gold:
Hide where ye may, retreat where'er ye can,
And ſick of manhood, fly. the haunts of man. aye:
Still ſhall the muſe your recreant ſteps purſue,
And drag each monſtrous culprit forth to vier;
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Sill ſhall her changer on ſuch heads be hurra,
Till to the center Vengance ſhakes the world:
| Amidſt the jealous. candidates for Fame,
Could Infignificinics aft ber elm;
Could Reaſon's abſence” qualify mankind,
(Alike impow'r'd the brainleſs and the blind oy |
Say, who with Gabey Ry—r dares engage, =
| Gabey, the ſcorn and pity of the age?
Look at his features. Nay again behold !
Did ever Folly chooſe a fitter mould ?
Did ever Dulneſs more majeſtie ſit,
Supreme o'er all the vacancy of wit?
Did &er confirm'd Stupidity ſtand forth,
More like an idiot brat to ſhame the earth?
Did e' er inſtructiom prove more truly vain?
Did ever Manhood know ſo foul a ftzin?
Was ever Reaſon more devoutly drunk ?
Did ever morals better grace a punk ?
As well may'ſt thou cleave mountains at a ſtroke,
Root from the ſolid earth the ſturdy oak:
Cal down the ſtaft, rid the 10 eat ing . : . | N bot: i J
And bid the courſe of Nature backwards run: 12
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Oerturn Ol rurus with a ſingle nod; N 7 5 5
Wich vain petitions blunt the — ER F
Or light another na with thy breath, / s 7 iy. =
As mongſt the numerous ſons of Albion * 1 0 .
Another Gaby, ſo exceeding dull. 15
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On ſubtle miſchief bent, came- Millan Ty.
William, confeſs'd the yearly meetings pride, 1 5
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For worth let others plead ; be't his to tell.
(Shamiag the cunning of profoundeſt Hell;
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&« La. che for ever | 1 royal Pro |
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Blind to the ſprings which erring nature guide.
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+ His footſtool earth, his canopy the ſky.”
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Now e and diftreſs'd;
Shame in his face and anguiſh arkis breaſt |
Trod like a worm beneath Oppreſſion's feet.
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In thee the motive manifeſtly lies,
Why Vice and Folly ſcorn each thin diſguiſe E
Why modeſt Merit thus deſponding ſtands
Bound i in the trammels of Affliction- s bands,
And why pert Dulneſs, prop'd on Plenty 5 throne,
Enjoys the bleſſings Virtue claims alone. ——
Did not thy partial precepts interfere ;
Did not Injuſtice prompt thy willing ear;
Had not Caprice preſided oer the ſcene,
Shebbeare unknown, peer d Rill had been,
Untitled, Vice had lack'd her gilded coach,
No Placeman crear, no ſenator L Lazocur.
| Borne on the breath of Adulation's praiſe,
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By empty verſe inſuring folid bread : „ on MET, IM
Next W--ndey came, whoſe principles to el,
Deſies the cunning of ſagacious Hell: 7 R
Next iu udo came, eccentric, unconfin'd, 'J 1
Like leaves autumnal ſhook by every wind:
Now high, now low, now violent, and then,
Turn'd high, and low, and violent again, 8 55
Now i in his country 8 cauſe own'd more than GREAT: 5
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Now humbled to the earth, now lifted high,
Or whig, or tory, ſtill be knows not why.
O born to ſcribble for thy aaily bread!
Poetic inert barehing in thy head. |
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What could induce thee— (Gratitude forgot, = 4x4
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At Flatt'ry's ſhrige to tune thy flimſey lays, | RA |
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| Whom Pride, whom honeſt Pride firſt taught the art,
T'cxpoſe the blot of each corrupted heart ;
To ſpeak with zeal tho ruin ſnould enſue,
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And ſnun the villain Honour bids eſchew.
Grant me kind Hleav n ſome tranquil ſafe retreat, |
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Far from the ſoundings of Ambition s feet;
Where no raw book-worm inſolently rude,
Nor blind de wadly may intrude;
Where never pregnant poet dares diſpenſe,
His nauſeous clots of undigeſted ſenſe;
But let content with placid brow ſerene,
Sill hold her way through liſc's Precatious ſeene; 3
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And ſweet Oblivion uſher me to reſt.
| Leſt fix'd upon the rack of endleſs Shame,
Some moon: fruct bard ſhould hand me up to .
With /--ndey leagu'd, contempt ſhould crown om N
Steep'd i in Diſhonour to the very chin;
Bearing, like Caly, the enſigns of Dili,
Nor daring to look Manhood i in the face, |
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Hell's blackeſt vapours gath'ring round his bead.
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And deſperation dropping from his tongue.
Curr from his bit to tread the flow! ry maze,
Which Vice (ſeducing Folly? s brood) 2 00 *
No generous action mark'd his ſelfiſh ſoul;
No ſocial ſmile infpird the gloomy whole; 5
No aid he probes d to relieve Deſpair; a
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| From his pale lipsa. mart. emailings: Rray'd;
If for ſome private, mercenary end,
| He ſeew'd (and on ſcem d) Religion's-friend,
Swift to convince. nankind, at Reaſon's Price.
How firm he labovr d. in the cauſe of Vice;
To ſhew how al Virtue he dehed j-——
5 Led by the pow'rsof Infamy and Prise,
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« To ſhare a FATHER's pow'r, a FATHER'S one.
« For thee, the envied place Tue long deR,
| « Thou wondrous image of thy parent's mind !
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4 Next Hod came, a wight unknown to Worth,
Groſs, dull and heavy as his mother earth. + ©
A buſy, medling fool, whoſe awkward zeal, |
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4 In ALL thy honour, mighty. Prince; I ſought |
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4 Bids giant Vice reſume her monſtrous way,
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« What time wild Paffoms tumult is allay'd, | |
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